Long Chen was now extremely weak. The feeling of his realm falling was as if all his internal organs had been completely drained, as if he was about to die.
At the edge of the Divine Pool, the head of the Long family, the three great Heavenly Saints, and Lord Tiansi had all arrived. When they saw the scene of the pool, they were all stunned.
The original divine pool was shrouded in mist, the milky white divine liquid rich as milk. But now the mist had disappeared and the dense divine liquid had become semi-transparent. This meant the pool's power had been greatly depleted and could no longer be used for other disciples' baptism; it would take at least several hundred years to recover.
Because of this, the Long family's strong members were both shocked and angry. They had been discussing for a while, and the meeting was already held. They waited for Long Chen to come out, and after waiting for him to come out, he still wouldn't show up. Finally, they couldn't wait to take a look. After that look, the head of the Long family nearly fainted.
Long Yaoting was even more furious. This was the Long family's centuries-long accumulation, gathered up to this point, and only now was it opened. There were still some disciples waiting for the baptism, but it ended up like this—there was simply no way to do it.
Long Qianxue, on the other hand, was relatively kind and pulled Long Chen out of the divine pool. Long Qianxue looked at him in shock, unable to understand how Long Chen had fallen to the third level of Divine Venerable when he arrived, so how could he have now fallen to the stage of just advancement?
Seeing Long Yaoting interrogate him, Long Chen retorted, "You still have the nerve to ask me?" Everything was fine, but suddenly the power of the Divine Pool pressed down on me, almost crushing me to death.
If I hadn't burned through my cultivation realm and couldn't have survived, I almost died here. Maybe you were behind this, trying to make me die here, so my father wouldn't be able to avenge me? Since
things had already come to this, Long Yaoting decided to turn the tables. Long Yaoting's face darkened with anger as he roared, "Nonsense, nonsense." "
Nonsense? Could it be that my injury is fake? Is my realm falling false? Long Chen retorted.
For a moment, the Long family members were all stunned. They had never encountered such a phenomenon, not even in the historical records.
It turned out that the Long family's Destiny Divine Pool could only baptize one person at a time, so the energy absorbed would be slowly replenished.
If too much is absorbed at once, it will affect the pool's regenerative ability. Therefore, after a person's baptism, the pool will rest for a few days.
Even beings of Long Tianrui's level consume a huge amount after the baptism; at most, the color of the divine pool fades slightly, and it is not as translucent as it is now.
What they didn't know was that there was a frenzied consumption of Long Ling'er, Fire Ling'er, Dragon Blood, Seven-Colored Supreme Blood, and Purple Blood here. On top of that, Long Chen used it to heal his wounds and finally extracted its power to burn his realm, causing a huge deficit and resulting in the current state.
Long Chen was shameless—he clearly did something wrong, yet still put on the victim's face and insisted on the Long family tampering with it.
The Long family also found this matter extremely suspicious, but they all knew how devastating a loss of cultivation level could be to a genius. Long Chen would never pay such a terrifying price to frame them—wouldn't that be foolish?
"Long Chen, this is definitely not the Long family's fault!" At this moment, the Celestial Officer said.
"So you mean it's my problem?" Long Chen said angrily. To avoid being discovered, he couldn't be polite to Lord Tiansi.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. Think about it—if we really wanted to kill you, why go through all this trouble?
Besides, if you die here, we'll be implicated too. The Destiny Divine Pool is the lifeblood of the Long family; there's no need for us to risk using it. What if you destroy it? "Lord Tiansi said.
Long Chen fell silent, seemingly agreeing with Lord Tiansi's reasoning. His expression softened slightly, and Lord Tiansi took the opportunity to step down:
"There are too many suspicious things about this, but you can't doubt the sincerity of our Long family, nor our intelligence. We won't do such foolish things."
So, we'll investigate this matter. As for you, I think you should focus on recovering for now. Once you're healed, we'll talk about the Jiuli Tower incident. Long
Chen hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's the only way, but I still hold my previous view." "
What do you mean?" You still suspect I did it? Long Yaoting was furious.
"My dad said that little one, you have no good intentions. I never said it was definitely you. I just kept my opinion open. So what?" Long Chen retorted.
Long Yaoting's head was practically on fire: "You're ..."
"Stop, stop, stop, Qianxue, take Long Chen and leave. Let him recover first!" The Long family patriarch said with a grim expression. He had never encountered such a tricky situation or such a troublesome person in his life. Right now, the only thing he wanted was to make Long Chen disappear quickly—out of sight, out of mind.
Long Chen felt a bit frustrated. Why didn't he let Lord Tiansi take him away? Had they already figured something out? That shouldn't be right!
Long Chen felt a bit reluctant inside, but it showed on his face. Long Qianxue thought he wanted the clan leader to give him an explanation, so she just pulled him away.
Watching Long Chen's departing figure, Long Yaoting gritted his teeth: "That little bastard is even more infuriating than his damn dad. It's driving me crazy." Long
Qihua said nothing, walked into the Divine Pool, and checked it. After a long time, he found nothing suspicious. He looked at the clan leader and shook his head.
"That bastard, how can he cause so much trouble? He's really infuriating." The clan leader looked at the Divine Pool, filled with both anger and heartache.
"I think this kid must be behind this." Long Yaoting said bitterly.
"Whether or not he caused the ghost, we have no evidence. Besides, his cultivation was completely weakened, and it wasn't an act. He's as shrewd as a ghost—he wouldn't do something so foolish.
Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's quickly fix it. There are still so many disciples waiting for the baptism. Immediately mobilize the treasure vault's resources to restore the divine pool as quickly as possible. The Long family patriarch said.
"Rapid recovery? The resources consumed are terrifyingly high, aren't they?" Long Yaoting said.
"There's nothing we can do. Time waits for no one. It's rare to witness the Long family's great prosperity. We must hurry. Now is not the time for money. We have to grit our teeth and push through." The Long family patriarch said.
Although he felt pain, there was nothing he could do—no matter how much money he spended, he had to endure it.
"Actually, I don't think these losses are a big deal."
Long Qihua said, "As long as we can get the Qiankun Cauldron in Long Chen's hand, all the losses will be instantly reversed." After
Long Qihua said this, everyone nodded, and Long Yaoting's eyes were already filled with ruthlessness.